Investigations
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Ikeja Bomb Blast: Buried Hopes And Fresh Wounds 20 Years After
Though the rain had just fallen and a cool breeze passed under the trees, it was not enough to calm…
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Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Programme For Terrorists Has No Place For Women
She has a quiet demeanour about her. Nothing in her stature lets on the power she wields among the other…
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The Drug And Sex Lives Of Boko Haram Terrorists
One hot night in the deep forests of Sambisa, in northeastern Nigeria, shortly after a military airstrike targeted the settlement…
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How Mobile Financial Service Providers Rob Borno IDPs Of Much-Needed Aid
The lack of effective oversight from aid organisations in Northeast Nigeria has made it easy for poor internally displaced persons…
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Banking Made Easy … But Not For People With Disabilities In West Africa
Ibrahim Omotosho, 39, drove into a bank in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria, in July 2020 to pick up his debit card.…
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#DapchiAbduction: The Dapchi Girls’ Dashed Hopes Of Education, Empowerment
Somewhere in Jumbam, a town five kilometres away from Dapchi, northeastern Nigeria, a school stands with broken gates. One end…
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Keeping Up With The Chibok Girls: Chasing Dreams, Battling Discrimination, Dropping Out
Over the course of two days, nine girls converge in a tiny hotel room in Yola. As a group, they…
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Widowed By ‘Bandits’ (2): The Zamfara Women Who Lost Loved Ones To Terror Invasions
Maliya Isa, 50, looks sober as she reflects on what she says is the most difficult experience she has had.…
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As The Desert Stretches, So Does Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Crisis
A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. An intravenous line sticks…
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Widowed By ‘Bandits’ (1): Anguish Of Sokoto Women Who Lost Their Husbands To Terror Attacks
Ziyanu Ibrahim, 37, was sleeping in his room in Goronyo, Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria, on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, when he…
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